Carl Wright

Bio

Carl uses stone to highlight the many opposites that he encounters: the warm design in the stone contrasted with its’ cool hardness, the light that splays through the sculpture with stones’ reputation for solidness, the color of the stone in contrast to its’ surroundings & the rough texture of his bases to the shimmering smoothness of his sculpture that imparts a tactile delight. He continues to expand his vocabulary of shapes & sweep of design which is reflected in his five sculpture themes: the Music Series, the Tranquil Series, the Exuberant Series, the Striving Series, & the Motion Series. 

Carl’s sculptures are represented in private & corporate collections & in Public Art Exhibits. He has extensively exhibited in the USA for the past 16+ years.  Selected Public Art Exhibits include: Northshore Sculpture Park in Skokie IL, Permanent Collection of the WV State Museum, Washington DC City Government, Chapel Hill, NC, Rocky Mount, MC, Portsmouth VA (3x), City of Baltimore, Algonquin, IL, Nashville, IN, Rockville, MD (2x) & Tamarack in Beckley WV.  He permanently installed the sculpture Eihei in Mount Dora, FL in January 2012 and the sculpture Journey in Charlotte, NC in 2013. 

His work has been shown & purchased in private galleries in Washington DC, Richmond, VA, Chapel Hill, NC, Scottsdale, AZ & Lancaster, PA.  He maintains a studio/gallery in Martinsburg, WV.